PRACTICE TEST 6

PRACTICE TEST 6
1. Which car is _______ ?
A. she

B. her

C. hers

D. herself

C. himself / mine

D. his / me

C. mine

D. myself

2. If you see Kevin give ________ _______ love.
A. him / my

B. his / I

3. I caught sight of _______ in the mirror.
A. I

B. me

4. Tina’s cake was not delicious. She _______ the recipe very well.
A. may have followed

B. should not have followed

C. couldn’t have followed

D. can have followed

5. I do not know why this room is always so dirty. It _______ every morning.
A. must be cleaning

B. needn’t be cleaned

C. should be cleaned

D. must clean

6. That is a secret. You _______ tell anybody.
A. could not

B. can

C. should

D. mustn’t

7. _______? - The blue one.
A. How much is your car

B. Is your car blue

C. Where is your car

D. Which car is yours

8. _______ Peter generous or not?
A. Does

B. Did

C. Has

D. Is

C. Who lives

D. Who does he live

9. _______ at that apartment? - Mr. Pike does.
A. Whom lives

B. Whom does lives

10. Preserving natural resources is _______ great importance.
A. of

C. for

D. at

11. His illness prevented him _______ completing his work

time.

A. over / before

B. in
B. from / on

C. on / in

D. with / at

12. Although we tried to persuade them, they did not approve _______ our suggestions.
A. for

B. in

C. up

D. of

13. My boss let me _______ the afternoon off _______ to my sister’s wedding.
A. have / to go

B. having / go

C. to have / for going D. had / gone

14.I regret _______ that we will not be able to give you a contract.
A. inform

B. to inform

C. informing

D. informed

15. David’s car would not start. He tried _______ gasoline directly into the carburetor but it still would
network.
A. pour

B. to pour

C. poured

D. pouring

16. _______ is put off due to the fact that the president has had ill health.
A. The tomorrow of conference

B. The conference of tomorrow

C. Tomorrow conference

D. Tomorrow’s conference

17. The police are investigating _______.
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A. the teacher’s necklace of the loss

B. the loss of the teacher necklace

C. the teacher’s necklace loss

D. the loss of the teacher’s necklace

18. Some grammatical rules have been simplified in _______.
A. today English

B. today’s English

C. English today’s

D. English today

19. The students in the classroom _______ late several times this week.
A. come

B. have come

C. are coming

D. will be coming

20. I _______ to the United States tonight. I _______ you a ring when I _______.
A. am flying / will give / arrive

B. fly / would give / have arrived

C. am going to fly / could give / arrived

D. will fly / have given / will arrive

21. They _______ and _______ a lot of money before they _______ last year.
A. are working / saving / will retire

B. have worked / have saved / would retire

C. were working / saved / have retired

D. had worked / saved / retired

22. _______ harmful to our health.
A. Smoke is

B. Smoke are

C. Smokes are

D. Smokes is

C. Every

D. All

C. little knowledge

D. many knowledge

23. _______ day is important.
A. Any

B. Some

24. He has _______ of computer science.
A. little knowledges

B. a few knowledge

25. The student _______ the calculations twice, but he could not find the mistake.
A. went over

B. took in

C. brought about

D. looked up

26. She had to _______ her job because she could not find a babysitter to _______ her children.
A. give up / look after

B. look forward to / take up

C. make out / do up

D. put through / set aside

27. The firemen managed to _______ the fire quickly; however the house was _______
A. make up / waved in

B. kick in / made off

C. put out / burnt down

D. take in / lit up

28. Please convey my best wishes to your mother _______ you see her.
A. since

B. while

C. as

D. and

29. Have you met Peter _______ heard anything from him?
A. or

B. and

C. but

D. as

30. We recognized her at once _______ we had not seen her for years.
A. though

B. as

C. and

D. so that

C. is spreading

D. are spreading

31. The news of the discovery _______
A. have spread

B. spread

32. Rice and beans, my favorite dish, _______ me of my native Puerto Rico.
A. which remind

B. have reminded

C. remind

D. reminds

33. Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator _______ make a decision.
A. are having to

B. are going to have to

C. have to

D. is going to have to

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34. The policeman accused Tom _______
A. a thief

B. to be a thief

C. of a thief

D. of being a thief

C. great pleasure

D. with great pleasure

35. John wrote about his native village _______
A. having pleasure

B. as pleasure

36. _______, he has looked for a job.
A. Expelling from school last month

B. After expelling from school last month

C. Expelled from school last month

D. Was expelled from school last month

37. It is great to learn _______ English on _______ Internet.
A. Ø / the

B. the / an

C. an / the

D. Ø / Ø

38. She told Peter she had no _______ knowledge of _______ computer science.
A. a / the

B. the / the

C. an / Ø

D. Ø / the

39. John goes to _______ school by _______ bus every day.
A. the / a

B. a / the

C. an / the

D. Ø / Ø

40. Peter has just bought _______
A. a small reading round lamp

B. a small round reading lamp

C. a reading small round lamp

D. a reading lamp small round

41. She has worked _______
A. for a very long time here

B. a very long time for here

C. here for a very long time

D. for here a very long time

42. The robbers escaped on _______
A. a huge wooden sailing ship

B. a wooden sailing huge ship

C. a huge sailing wooden ship

D. a sailing huge wooden ship

43. Lots of houses in the village _______ by the earthquake.
A. were destroyed

B. was destroyed

C. destroys

D. are destroying

44. It _______ that about ten million children _______ with the virus by the end of the decade.
A. estimates / will be infected

B. is estimated / will have been infected

C. was estimated / are going to infect

D. has estimated / are being infected

45. After the storm, everything possible _______ to get things back to normal.
A. has been doing

B. has done

C. is doing

D. is being done

46. Under no circumstances _______ animals.
A. accept can the bus

B. can accept the bus

C. the can bus accept

D. can the bus accept

47. _______ hard physical work as we did before.
A. Any longer we do not do

B. No more we do

C. No longer do we do

D. No longer we do

48. _______, he could not make ends meet.
A. However hard he worked

B. However did hard he work

C. However hard did he work

D. Did he work however hard

49. I think going to market in New Year season is great _______
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A. excite

B. excited

C. exciting

D. excitement

C. exhausting

D. exhaustion

50. Crop rotation can help to prevent soil _______
A. exhaust

B. exhausted

51. _______, we can earn enough to afford all basic of life.
A. Fortunate / necessary

B. Fortunately / necessities

C. Unfortunately / necessarily

D. Unfortunate / necessitate

52. This is _______
A. had what happened

B. what happened

C. what did happened

D. has what happened

53. _______ doesn’t surprise me at all.
A. When was she married a wealthy person

B. If was she married a wealthy person

C. She married a wealthy person

D. That she married a wealthy person

54. _______ me so disappointed.
A. What he told me made

B. What did he tell me made

C. He told me made

D. How did he tell me made

55. This is my first performance in Canada.
A. Firstly, I will perform in Canada.
B. I am used to performing in Canada.
C. I have never performed in Canada before.
D. One of my performances is in Canada.
56. During your absence we were doing very little work.
A. Your absence made us do a lot of work.
B. Because of your absence, we had too much work to do.
C. Very little were we working while you were away.
D. You were absent from work very little.
57. He lost due to a sharp pain in his foot.
A. A sharp pain in his foot could not prevent him from winning.
B. Even though he had a sharp pain in his foot, he managed to win.
C. Without a sharp pain in his foot, he would not have lost.
D. His loss had no relation to a sharp pain in his foot.

58. John _______
A. said to me not to stay up late

B. told me not to stay up late

C. told me do not stay up late

D. said did not stay up late

59. Mary said that her boss _______ to London _______
A. will go / tomorrow

B. went / tomorrow

C. would go / the next day

D. had gone / the next day

60. The girl asked him _______
A. that he lives near here

B. whether did he live near there

C. that did he live near there

D. if he lived near there
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61. She wanted to buy a house _______ in the suburbs.

A. which was located

B. was located

C. which it was located

D. whose was located

62. _______ is a famous artist, came to London in 1997.
A. Peter Hanson

B. Peter Hanson, that

C. Peter Hanson who

D. Peter Hanson, who

63. That is the man _______ dog destroyed our yard.
A. that

B. who

C. whom

D. whose

C. while

D. during

64. Please wait _______ I am making a phone call.
A. as soon as

B. until

65. He will let us know _______
A. as soon as he arrives

B. as he will arrive

C. till he is arriving

D. up to his arrival

66. _______, everything had been ready.
A. Until the boss came

B. Before the boss came

C. When the boss would come

D. No sooner the boss came

67. _______, there are always going to be disadvantages.
A. You choose to live

B. Wherever you choose to live

C. When you choose to live

D. So you choose to live

68. The second half of the play was _______ interesting _______ the first one.
A. less / as

B. less / than

C. little / as

D. the least / than

C. the farthest

D. more far

69. What is _______ distance you have ever run?
A. more far

B. the farrest

70. This wine is _______ the others.
A. as sweeter than

B. more sweeter than

C. a fewer sweet than

D. a bit sweeter than

71. _______ I think about my exam,

happy I feel.

A. The more / the less

B. The much / the little

C. The most / the least

D. Most / least

72. _______ that problem with the car, we wouldn’t have missed the speech.
A. If we had had

B. If had we had

C. Unless we had had

D. Provided that we had had

73. If I _______ a little taller, I _______ be able to water the plant on the top shelf.
A. was / did

B. were / would

C. am / had

D. had been / would have

74. Tom’s company will almost certainly sack him _______ he improves his attitude.

A. unless

B. or

C. otherwise

D. if

75. If it _______ last night, it _______ so hot today.
A. rained / is not

B. was raining / were not
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C. had rained / would not have been

D. had rained / would not be

76. The overall situation is good _______
A. though of some minor problems

B. despite some minor problems

C. in spite there are some minor problems

D. despite there are some minor problems

77. _______ habits are considered to be either bad or useless, most of the habits that we have as adults
are good ones.

A. Although

B. Despite

C. Despite of

D. In spite

78. _______, Nicole was relieved that she had finally managed to get some sleep.
A. Even though she was still tired

B. As though her tiredness

C. In spite her tiredness

D. Though as she was tired

79. Many people are still destroying the environment _______ nothing about pollution and extinction.
A. as they will know

B. even if they had known

C. as though they knew

D. as if they know

80. In that situation Meyers acted _______
A. as the sky had fallen

B. as though the sky has fallen

C. as if the sky had fallen

D. even if the sky had fallen

81. We will solve the problem _______ we have ever discussed.
A. like

B. as

C. as if

D. as though

82. The leading actor preformed _______ many of the audience were moved to tears.
A. so well that

B. such well that

C. as well that

D. quite well that

83. The crowded cheered and booed _______ excitedly _______ the match was paused for a few
minutes.
A. so/ as

B. such/ as

C. so/ that

D. such/ that

84. The river made _______ I sometimes dreamt of it.
A. too a deep impression on me that

B. such as a deep impression on me that

C. so a deep impression on me that

D. such a deep impression on me that

85. They have to work during the weekend _______
A. so that everything can be ready on time

B. in order that ready on time

C. so as to everything can be ready on time

D. as for everything can be ready on time

86. Wild animals should be treated with caution _______
A. so that they cannot do harm to us

B. so cannot do harm to us

C. so as that they cannot do harm to us

D. such that they cannot do harm to us

87. Some dolphins are trained _______ their fear of humans.
A. to lose

B. so that losing

C. so as to losing

D. in order that to lose

88. Paul was an hour late _______
A. because of he missed the train

B. because he missed the train

C. as missing the train

D. due to the fact that missing the train

89. I think they may not come _______ they have not replied to the invitation.
A. due to

B. because

C. because of

D. for
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90. Those workers are facing unemployment ______ the financial difficulty that the company has met.

A. as

B. since

C. because

D. because of

Error Identification
91. Sports competitions can be harmful to the athletes who injure themselves because of
A
B
C
they exceed the physical tolerances of their bodies.
D
92. Present discoveries and inventions will surely be the found for many other discoveries
A
B
C
and inventions in the future.
D
93. Although the improvement in literacy has been steady and persistency, there are still
A
B
C
D
many illiterates in rural areas.
94. While the campaign, young volunteers helped build bridges, roads and one hundred
A
B

C
houses for disadvantaged families.
D
95. She decided remaining celibate and to devote her life to help the homeless and orphans.
A
B
C
D
96. If your friend tells you something in confidence, keeping it secret and never tell about it
A
B
C
to anyone else.
D
97. In 1977 Amnesty was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “defending human worth against
A
B
C
degrading treatment, violent and torture”.
D
98. Because China is overpopulated, its government considers the one-children policy as
A
B
C
the best way to solve the problem.
D
99. The world’s nonrenewable fossil fuels and others mineral deposits that took millions of
A
B
C

years to form are now being destroyed in decades.
D
100. Each year, natural forest cover is lose to such activities as illegal cutting and forest fires.
A
B
C
D

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